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EPCC Board Secretary becomes 243rd District Judge Chair said. “She has served our students and community well by supporting EPCC’s efforts to provide high quality and We are sad to see her leave, but Solis has done great affordable education.” things for all EPCC campuses. As of October 2003, Ms. Solis has adopted El Paso Selena Solis is EPCCs Board Secretary, she had as her home and became an Assistant Federal Public announced that she is resigning so that she may serve Defender for the Western District of Texas. our judicial system as our 243rd court Through her extensive career, Solis judge. has provided legal services for many “Ms. Solis has been a Solis represents District 4 which individuals who are financially unable to dedicated trustee who covers parts of Central, West and south receive legal representation. has been committed El Paso. Other than serving EPCC she has to ensuring that Solis has been serving EPCC as a shared her services being involved with EPCC strives for more Board of Trustee since 2013. During that many of the community’s organizations positive outcomes at time EPCC was nationally recognized for such as the Girl Scouts of Desert every level,” many successes such as the Early College Southwest, the El Paso County Civil High Schools and Dual Credit programs. Service Commission, Texas Rio Grande -Art Fierro EPCC was also named one of the Legal Aid, Inc. and many others. EPCC Board Chair Top 10 Community College’s in the Her legal Career has always been Nation by Aspen Institute and received in public interest law, being a voice the American Association of Community for those who are low wage workers, College’s (AACC) Student Success Award. victims of employment discrimination and low-income Throughout her years here at EPCC she has been a immigrants accused of violating federal law. constant voice for transforming education with progress, Apart from her career and community service, Selena innovation and engagement. is supported by her husband and daughter. “Ms. Solis has been a dedicated trustee who has Thank you for your services for EPCC, we are deeply been committed to ensuring that EPCC strives for more grateful for them all. EPCC sends their support as you positive outcomes at every level,” Art Fierro Board become our 243rd District Court Judge.
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Selena Solis, EPCC Board Secretary, announced that she is resigning to serve as our 243rd court judge.
EPCC SGA to host 7th annual Student Leadership Conference Drake Williams II Tejano Tribune The El Paso Community College Student Government Association (SGA) will be hosting the 7th annual Student Leadership Conference which is a two-day event free to students. The conference is designed to inform students and highlight the mechanics of being and becoming a leader here at EPCC and abroad. The first day of the event will be an interactive session with showcase speakers from the Association for the Promotion Campus Activities (APCA). Day one will also allow for networking and getting motivated for day two’s activities. The second day will consist of workshops conducted by EPCC staff that will build
on aspects of leadership Leadership Conference had such as leadership styles, attendance numbers ranging communication, assertiveness from 65-100 participants. skills, and appropriate The Student Government behavior on the internet. Association hopes to see Day two will be education those numbers increase as based where participants will this would be an indication of visit different classrooms to the contribution that students learn the various aspects. would like to make at El Paso At the end of the two days, Community College and their participants do receive a community. certificate of completion. The Student Leadership The two-day leadership Conference serves as an event is free to students. introduction to a bigger During the event breakfast project the SGA has high and lunch will be provided and hopes for and that is the EPCC students don’t have to bring Leadership Academy. much of anything other than a The EPCC Leadership desire to learn, Academy is designed “We provide everything to educate students on for the student so they don’t leadership skills and the full have to bring anything other range of operations here at than a good attitude and a EPCC. willingness to learn something This is a one-year program about leadership”, says Arvis that begins January 2019. Jones ,director for Student Leadership and Campus Life. Over the years the See Student Leadership page 2
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CAMPUS NEWS Chrysalis gets creative in the garden
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Andrea Medina Tejano Tribune Thanks to Dr. Gonzalez and the Chrysalis team for creating the Creatives in the Garden event this past Thursday. The event hosting various programs and groups of EPCC showing their art in different ways. This is the first year that Dr. Gonzalez and the Chrysalis team joined together to organize this event for the students. It was a success since there were lots of people who attended to see what the event was about. They were expecting about 400 people in the event, and the even reached their expectations. Everyone walking around looking at the different arts, eating the free food the event had offer and enjoying the music the EPCC radio was hosting. The Chrysalis production had featured the Student Art Exhibit, the Mass Comm. Video Productions, Aquaponics Demonstrations, STEMGROW, PASOS Program, Hip Hop Club, EPCX Club, EPCC
Dance, EPCC Film Club, Papagayo, Poetry Readings, and Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Program The Student Art Exhibit also had various illustrations inside building A and some on the outside tables on the event. Another table had a comic made by a student. The Papagayo and PASOS program also had poems to share to the students. Live performance of Mouthy Downtown band and the Hip Hop Club had a student performed his poetry in a way of rap. The Biology Team had their table with microscopes to show people their science. The Mass Media Communication, Video Production and EPCC Film Club showed their videos and productions on the big screens that were outside. The EPCC Dance Team shared an interesting poem with a dancing performance as the background this poem was about domestic violence. The dancer was making her moves following the words that the performer was reading. The message was when sharing the
awareness against domestic violence it becomes important to help people going through this situation. Great performances from each group showed the talent and dedication each student has for the art. Live performances of students reading their poetry. Love and sad poems were the most shared by the students which all had a different message to send. Several students read their stories in Spanish. Dr. Gonzalez shared a short poem that he had written. Sarra Valenzuela who is part of the Chrysalis team as well shared a short poem. The main point of this event was to invite people to share their art. Since it did bring lots of people it is hope for them to participate into next year’s Chrysalis book. The event was a success and hopefully there will be an event like this next year so that more students can share their art. EPCC hopes to see more of these kind of events in the future. Sharing different forms of art can inspire students to join different clubs.
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The Leadership Academy is comprised of monthly training modules, a two-day retreat, and a number of practical experiences such as networking with local and state leaders, and team building exercises to name a few. With students learning these new leadership skills, El Paso Community College will increase their potential to amplify student activity says Jones, “I’m hoping that they will also join clubs and organizations within the school or be willing to create clubs and organizations that we may not have—and know that they can do that.” An entity can grow significantly when it can enrich those who are already involved. This makes the entity and the people within
it better as Jones continues, “actually taking an active role within the institution to make it better.” With the push for increasing leadership abilities among students and staff alike, El Paso Community College is going to take a stand to not just educate but also to build leadership qualities in its students. Encouraging students to enrich their college experience to a higher level. It is clear that El Paso Community College believes in its students’ ability to emerge as leaders here on campus and abroad, “I believe everyone can be a leader—be a leader of something. It is important for students to know that” asserts Arvis Jones. The location for the event will be at the
Administrative Services Center in building A. Day one is November 16th and will start at 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Day two on November 17th starts at 8:00 AM and ends at 1:00 PM. Documentation of your attendance will be provided if needed. People who want to attend can go to the campus life tab at the EPCC website or walk into any student services center to register. The event is free to all students and the deadline for registration is Friday, November 9th. For people who are not students you can register and attend for $20.00. You can find further information about the Leadership Academy on the El Paso Community College website under the faculty and staff tab.
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OPINION
3 November 14, 2018
This is our year, the year of the women
Destiny Del Palacio "Destiny Delivers"
We have finally risen sisters! 98 years ago, women were granted the right to vote also known as the 19th amendment we have used this right on Nov.6th and our voices were heard! We are finally able to say that we run the world because we have made history. A record of 35 NEW WOMEN have won seats beating the previous high set in 1992, according to the election results as of 9 a.m. Eastern on Nov.10th. Not only that but most of these women are kicking those men who once sat in their seats to the curb! We are here and we are here to stay. These women have joined 66 female incumbents who were reelected to the house.
The new members are mostly democrat and yes they are the ones that helped their party win the house. These women have showed us that no matter what women go through every day we are superheroes and can basically do anything. Because of these women we are allowed to have a strong voice without anyone telling us to shut our mouths and giving us their two sense to where a women’s place is. “Women aren’t allowed to have opinions,” well we have an opinion and you are going to sit down and hear it. There was a point back when Hilary was running for president and there were people who said that she couldn’t run because she was a women, and only men can have such a high position. Well look where that got us, trump is by far the worst president America has ever seen and has no political background and is as dumber as a man can get. As little girls we imagine being the model, the actress, and the dancer. Everything that this world wanted us to be but those times have changed. Now little girls want to be scientists, doctors, lawyers, teachers,
congresswomen, and president of the United States. This is why we fight for our right every day because we know how important it is for these little girls to continue to keep their dreams alive. These little girls will know that when they go to college they are going to be able to be who they want to be because the women elected into the house are making it possible for our younger generation to be anything and everything. It is important for these young girls to see Ilhan Omar as one of the first Muslim-American congresswomen, or Sharice Davids as one of the first two Native American congresswomen in Kansas who is openly gay, or Veronica Escobar who is one of the first two Hispanic congresswomen of Texas, or Ayanna Pressly who is the first black congresswomen from Massachusetts, and finally being able to know that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York who happens to be 29 is the YOUNGEST WOMEN elected into congress. Even I as a women is grateful to know that our America has so much faith that women could make this world a better place because we can.
a chance to go to one, resulting in us not carving pumpkins either because by the time we realized it was too late for a pumpkin patch and wanted to just pick up some regular pumpkins at our local Walmart, they were completely out. So far this fall season, I have learned not be much of a planner but just to go with the flow, things will be fun anyways if you are with the right people. But anyways, not too long ago, we received this nice week long weather, which was so nice and gloomy. With Hurricane Michael hitting Florida couple months ago, our area was actually blessed with some rain and even hail, which has been nice and definitely has cooled the weather a bit. With the weather changing drastically from feeling like it is 80 degrees out to dropping it to 30 degrees with some hail, my skin has not been too happy. I have combination skin and if you don’t know what that means, basically my skin gets oily at times but also dry if the weather acts up. With that being said, I wanted to share with you all a few products that I swear by to keep my skin clear and nice for the holiday season. Starting out with skincare because I think that is really the most important thing ever. As a face cleanser, I like to use the “Equate Deep Clarifying Exfoliating Scrub,” this really does
get everything out of my pores and cleans all the dirt that the ugly winds have been bringing us. After that, I have been using “Witch Hazel,” as a toner to bring my face back to a tight surface. I like to spray some “Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Cucumber, and Green Tea,” for some boost of hydration. Then I like to finish by using a moisturizer and I recently found the “Clinique Moisture Surge 72-hour auto-replenishing hydrator,” and I have been in love with this thing because I lather it all over my face and neck at night after cleansing and toning, and I wake up the next morning feeling like a new woman. And the last things that I have been loving this fall time that are not necessarily skincare are my Air pods, which are amazing and I do not take them off ever, a Bath & Body Works candle in “Cinnamon Caramel Swirl,” which just smells like a sweet fall day. And a body cream also from Bath & Body Works in “Winter Candy Apple,” even though that’s technically a Christmas scent, they like to bring it out in the fall time and I like to use that one because it smells like sweet apple and it gives me apple picking vibes, which is totally a fall thing. So those are the items I have been loving so far this fall season. I hope you guys found this a bit helpful and hopefully pick up some of these items and try them out yourself.
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Products I used non-stop this fall
Ariadna Gonzalez Guest column
The fall season here in El Paso is not much of a traditional fall season. As I am writing this, it feels like it is 80 degrees out and no signs of winds, which is not an ideal fall weather day. It is also daylight saving time of the year and that does help since the sun goes down earlier in the day, it helps cool down the night and gets a bit chillier out. At the beginning of the fall season, my boyfriend had suggested to me that we should go to a pumpkin patch. I told him we should wait till it gets a little colder so that it would feel a bit more festive. I did this so we would be able to wear flannel prints and layers that would make such cute Polaroids. And let me tell you, this plan backfired on me. Before I knew, the pumpkin patches are no longer available and it is still hot out so we did not get
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Does your family eat any unique foods for Thanksgiving? “Well the thing we do is that every morning, on Thanksgiving, my mom goes to McDonald’s and she gets breakfast. Then we eat McDonald’s together. But other than that it’s pretty normal.”
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“We sometimes make tamales, because it’s just our tradition. We’re Mexicans, tamales are for the special Holidays. And since Thanksgiving is about food, we make Tamales. We also make stuffing, little buns, and sometimes we make little hams and rice with vegetables.”
“They make tamales and turkey, it is a tradition that we [my family] have as Mexicans. Even In November or December we always make that. They also make menudo.”
Gisselle Guerrero Nursing
Jackie Alqueza Undecided
“I’m half Philippine, so usually on Thanksgiving we don’t really have a typical, formal food that everyone else has. We usually have oriental food, like some of them are called Pancit and Lumpia. They are usually like little rolls of meat with vegetables inside of them. We also eat like a little pasta that is usually with shrimp and a lot of veggies.”
What is your favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving?
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Year of the women from page 3 We don’t only have a place in us to nurture but a place where we have guts to say what is on our mind and get the point across when it is time and gosh darn it have we done it! I am so proud to be able to be a part of history that was made in November of 2018. This isn’t where it ends yet my sisters, this is only the beginning and there will be many more victories! Because who run this Mother? Who run the World? GIRLS! “My sisters and I are busting trough these doors and will hold them wide open!” - Ilhan Omar
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Apollo 12, carrying astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard F. Gordon and Alan Bean launched for a second manned moon landing.
NOVEMBER 1969
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Elmo and his neighborhood friends say hello for the first time as “Sesame Street� premieres on the PBS television channel.
The Beatles “Abbey Road� album goes #1 in the United States. The album would eventually hold the number- one spot for 11 weeks.
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Brazilian soccer icon Pele scores his 1,000 th goal while competing against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium.
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In 1969, the average Income per year was $8,550.00. Rent would cost you $135.00 per month, and the average cost for a new car was only $3,270.00!
LIFE
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6 November 14, 2018
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EPCC professor holds book signing for latest publication Tribune staff reoprt Tejano Tribune EPCC English professor Lawrence Welsh celebrated the publication of his latest poetry/ photography collaboration, “Cutting The Wire: Photographs and Poetry from the US-Mexico Border,” with a book signing at Literarity Book Shop last Saturday afternoon. Joined by Bruce Berman,
associate professor of photojournalism at New Mexico State University, who filled the pages with extraordinary photos of life along the borderlands, Welsh excitedly signed copies of the softbound text as fans lined up to visit with the author and photographer. Poet Ray Gonzalez, a literature professor at the University of Minnesota, also a contributor to the book, was not present.
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"Cutting The Wire: Photographs and Poetry from the US-Mexico Border" book cover.
“We’ve had an excellent turnout so far this afternoon,” Welsh said as both men personalized copies of the book with comments and signatures. Welsh is the author of 10 poetry books, including the award-winning “Begging for Vultures: New and selected Poems, 1994-2009.” In 2011, Irish America magazine in New York City named him one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans” of the year. His poetry, fiction, reviews, essays and journalistic writings have appeared in more than 200 regional, national and international magazines, journals, newspapers and anthologies. He was joined at the book signing by his wife and fellow EPCC faculty member, Lisa McNiel, associate professor of speech, who edited the book. A published poet herself, McNiel also works in theater as a director and actor. “Pairing these poems and photographs was easier and more difficult than first thought,” McNiel writes in the book’s Editor’s Note. “I found myself occasionally doing audience analysis: Will an “outsider” get it? Berman, Gonzalez and Welsh capture … connectedness and separation … and allow us to break through and see combinations in new and startling ways.” Berman has worked as a photojournalist for national and international publications for
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Bruce Berman, left, is joined by EPCC English professor, Lawrence Welsh, at a book signing last Saturday, as they celebrate publication of their collaboration, “Cutting The Wire: Photographs from the US-Mexico Border.”
nearly half a century. During the past 35 years, he has focused his photographic attention on the borderlands of El Paso, Las Cruces and Ciudad Juárez. This spring, he will be teaching a course in documentary photojournalism at NMSU as a senior-level capstone seminar. Gonzalez, who teaches in the University of Minnesota’s MFA Creative Writing Program, was recently awarded the Witter Brynner Fellowship from the
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Library of Congress, chosen by the U.S. poet laureate. He and Welsh evenly share the roughly 120 pages with Berman’s photos. The Literarity Book Shop, located in the Peppertree Square on El Paso’s Westside, opened last summer and is listed as the city’s only independent bookstore. Interested readers can contact Welsh at his website, www.lawrencewelsh.com, or at lawrencewelsh@hotmail.com.
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"Parkland" to make change Destiny Del Palacio Tejano Tribune
"Parkland Inside Building 12" opens Friday, November 16 at Montwood Movies in El Paso, TX. for a minimum one week run. www.insidebuilding12.com * FREE dinner for 11/16 ticket-holders only
“On Valentine’s day of this made to show an effect on people year, a shooter walked in to who think thoughts and prayers Marjory Stoneman Douglas High will make difference, instead this School in Parkland, Florida and world needs action and change. shot 34 people, this is the largest We as millennials can make a high school mass shooting in US change and we can raise awareness history.” because our lives matter. A documentary by Charlie There should be no more Minn named Parkland inside mass shootings of young people Building 12 gives the story at the age of 18, there should be from the victim’s perspective. stricter gun laws and better laws Charlie Minn refused to give the that protect the safety of students gunman’s name due to the fact that in schools either it is from this boy was happy that the press Elementary to college. was giving him the spotlight and This is the type of change Minn making him famous. hopes we will get after watching Minn wanted to break the cycle his documentary or should I say and make a movement by giving the victims documentary, “You the victims a platform that allowed guys have the world at your feet, them to voice their fears and them the world is yours, and a lot of wanting help to stop that fear. people envy your position and “I am trying to change that your age. We would all love to be dialogue where the media should 19 or 21 again, don’t blow it.” focus on the victims and not the Minn’s documentary will run killer.” “Lives are being destroyed, viewings all week starting from families are being divested and the opening date Friday Nov, 16th lives are being altered.” at the Montwood Movies on 2200 As said by the news this N Yarbrough Dr, El Paso, TX documentary took Minn four 79925. months to complete they had Free dinner will be given to also mentioned how the film is those Nov.16th ticket-holders. graphic and difficult to watch and emotionally draining with stories of survival and guilt. Minn made sure to capture all of the victim’s stories from the students to the teacher and their families. “This film is brutally honest,” Minn says. He mentions the reason behind not naming the shooter in an interview about how 40 of the victims wanted people to hear THEIR stories and those wishes should be respected. “The victims should be the focus, they are the heroes, their stories are so powerful and beyond important.” COURTESY IMDB.COM Minn hopes his audience to Charlie Minn, documentary and know that this documentary is filmmaker.
THANKSGIVING If you’re cooking a frozen turkey, you can unthaw it by placing it in a pan in the fridge a few days prior to cooking it. Thawing with this method takes a turkey about a day for every four pounds to unthaw. For example, a sixteen pound turkey would thaw in four days. The water thaw method requires you to place the turkey in a bag and then in a bin of cool water changing the water every thirty minutes. You can use a microwave, but with this method can leave small portions cooked. Keep the uncooked turkey away from other foods to prevent cross contamination. And when cooking keep an eye on the turkey so it doesn’t get burned or causes a fire. Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
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ENTERTAINMENT
8 November 14, 2018
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Beautiful Boy gives insight into addiction
(L-R) Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell star in "Beautiful Boy", the on -screen adaptation of David Sheff’s memoir, by the same name, and drected by Felix Van Groeningen.
Bryan Ponce Tejano Tribune How strong is a bond between father and son? Beautiful Boy directed by Felix Van Groeningen is the on screen adaptation of David Sheff’s memoir, by the same name, about his experience with his son’s methamphetamine addiction. The film stars Steve Carell (The Office, Welcome to Marwen) as David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) plays his young son Nic Sheff. The film Beautiful Boy perfectly depicts the emotional strain that the negative effects of addiction inflict on a family. The most impactful scenes from the
film were the heart wrenching moments in which Nic’s family desperately tries to reach out to him. Carell delivers a compelling performance as a father willing to go to extreme lengths to help his son. The film overall feels incredibly intimate. There are several simple mundane moments between Nic and his family that come off very natural. It feels like you’re watching a real life family go through this struggle. I want to give major props to Chalamet for taking on such an emotionally complex role. It is no easy feat reaching the level of emotional intensity required to portray a real life struggling addict on screen, however he surprisingly falls short for me.
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Chalamet does not give us a bad performance. There is a key emotional scene in which Carell’s and Chalamet’s characters are having a heart to heart moment, and Chalamet just feels flat. This was a pivotal moment in the film and it just doesn’t reach the climax that it should have. Beautiful Boy is a film worth investing your time in to. It’s a genuine story about the strength of family bonds, love, and acceptance. The father son dynamic between Carell’s and Chalamet’s characters unfortunately isn’t all there. The film is good, but it doesn’t go the extra mile. I give Beautiful Boy 3 out of 5 stars. If you get a chance, I recommend checking this movie out.
Suspiria is sure to take your breath away Brittany Medellin Tejano Tribune
Completely disturbing, unsettling, horrific, and traumatizing, Luca Guadagnino’s take on the classic Suspiria film originally directed by Dario Argento is an absolute must-see. Guadagnino’s remake managed to maintain a classic-esque vibe with its fuzzy, almost taste-less colors and distant camera shots. The colors and shots however, in no way take away from the effect and its breath-taking scenes. The movie is based in Germany at a dance company led by Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton) and her fellow witches who are desperate to save their leader. Their job is to find a young girl as a channel to do so and it is up to Blanc to ensure she is prepared to do so. Along comes Susie Bannon (Dakota Johnson) from Ohio and gives them the weapon to do just that… or so they think. Susie is almost immediately put to the test and performs a solo where every one of her moves causes the twisting, breaking, distortion, and mangling of a dance student, Olga (Elena Fokina) who was attempting to flee from the academy’s grasp. Olga’s mutilation creates the most unforgettable scene (if one has enough
guts to keep their eyes on the screen the entire time) and leaves the rest of the movie open to all kinds of horrific possibilities. Despite its horror, one cannot deny the haunting beauty in every move and breathe the dancers take and excitingly wait for the next one. With the brilliance of every dance, it is nearly impossible to ignore the soundtrack created by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke that goes along with it. The movie’s intentions would not be fully realized without Yorke’s chilling vocals featuring sound bites from the film itself. Similarly, Yorke’s album hardly carries the same weight without Guadagnino’s vision. Every interaction, conversation, movement, and stare is meaningful and the less one pays attention, the more difficult it is to follow. Viewers are left questioning when Susie realized her significance, who she turned into, as well as the importance of the Dr. Josef Klemperer (also played by Swinton). The holes in the movie create a brainwrecking experience but its mystery and horror make it worthwhile for any suitable audience. The film draws parallels to movies such as Inception where viewers are left
wanting to watch Suspiria over and over again to gain further insight on all aspects of the movie.
Brilliant, terrifying, and absolutely outstanding, the film breaks standards of modern horror, giving it a rate of 4.5/5.
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Dakota Johnson stars as "Susie Bannion" in horror/mystery flim "Suspiria", directed by Luca Guadagnino.